Ed Bickert's run for C6th lap steel

Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

I'm a big fan of Canadian jazz guitarist Ed Bickert. His single note playing is great but it's his chord playing that has been so influential. Ed is a very diatonic player and nothing he plays is technically speaking, incredibly dense or complex yet he's a wizard at using rootless chord substitutions to weave incredibly flowing tapestries of sound that can be quite hard to figure out.

Here's a Bickert chord run I first worked out on guitar - took me a while - that shows his cool concepts at work over II, V, I chord progressions.

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Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

Got no time this week to record it properly so here's a MIDI of the above licks. You need to hear it over the chords to really hear the magic of what Ed does.
https://soundcloud.com/aev/ed-bickert-ending-run
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Matthew Dawson · From: Portland Oregon, USA

Thanks Andy for turning me on to Ed Bickert, I spent all morning listening to the Paul Desmond Quartet. What a great player!

Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

One of the best ever! And the most mysterious in terms of what he actually played to make the sounds he made due to his use of substitute harmony.
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